"a form of theatre which used a modified magic lantern to project frightening images such as skeletons, demons, and ghosts onto walls, smoke, or semi-transparent screens, frequently using rear projection"

On Phantasmagorias

Glazed earthenware dishes, 1889

There was a room with materials which was quite boring, but it was better than gears.

Electroplated shield, c. 1850

Autovacc, 1990
So why are we still vacuuming?!

Luckily, I'm too young to recognise this. This is an 8" floppy, not a 5.25" one.

Counting Machine

Mystery (?) clock, late 19th c.

Box of simple microscopes. Germany, mid-18th c.

Astronomical clock, early 19th c.

Clock with double annular face, c. 1770

Lavoisier's gasometers, 1785

Device for experimenting on vinous fermentation, late 18

Barometers, early 19th c. and 1780. They have a weather indicator, not just a pressure one

There were scientific instruments with weight and measures, but I didn't see a reproduction of the official KG weight.

I then went back to the ground floor to hear a talk about Foucault's Pendulum. I arrived 5 minutes late so I didn't get a very good spot.

Guide explaining. I was quite tired and hurting by this time so I didn't really pay attention.

Bicycles

Steam Car, 1770

There were too many spoilt screens for the inconvenience to be "occasional"

Unidentified Flying Object

There was also an exhibiton: "Doubles vies. La face cachée des machines" ("Double Lives. The hidden face of machines") but this was just photographs ofmachines taken from odd angles so they looked like faces etc., so it wasn't very interesting.

"a form of theatre which used a modified magic lantern to project frightening images such as skeletons, demons, and ghosts onto walls, smoke, or semi-transparent screens, frequently using rear projection"

On Phantasmagorias

Glazed earthenware dishes, 1889

There was a room with materials which was quite boring, but it was better than gears.

Electroplated shield, c. 1850

Autovacc, 1990
So why are we still vacuuming?!

Luckily, I'm too young to recognise this. This is an 8" floppy, not a 5.25" one.

Counting Machine

Mystery (?) clock, late 19th c.

Box of simple microscopes. Germany, mid-18th c.

Astronomical clock, early 19th c.

Clock with double annular face, c. 1770

Lavoisier's gasometers, 1785

Device for experimenting on vinous fermentation, late 18

Barometers, early 19th c. and 1780. They have a weather indicator, not just a pressure one

There were scientific instruments with weight and measures, but I didn't see a reproduction of the official KG weight.

I then went back to the ground floor to hear a talk about Foucault's Pendulum. I arrived 5 minutes late so I didn't get a very good spot.

Guide explaining. I was quite tired and hurting by this time so I didn't really pay attention.

Bicycles

Steam Car, 1770

There were too many spoilt screens for the inconvenience to be "occasional"

Unidentified Flying Object

There was also an exhibiton: "Doubles vies. La face cachée des machines" ("Double Lives. The hidden face of machines") but this was just photographs ofmachines taken from odd angles so they looked like faces etc., so it wasn't very interesting.